Floor assembly

ABSTRACT

A floor assembly includes a plurality of boards and bases. Each board is provided on the bottom surface thereof with a sliding groove. Each base includes a main body, a positioning member, and first and second buckling members. The positioning member is slidably disposed in the sliding groove of the board. The first buckling member is located at the left side of the main body and has a buckling block and a notch. The second buckling member is located at the right side of the main body and has an accommodating space and a protrusion. The adjacent bases are connected with each other in a way that the buckling block is disposed in the accommodating space and the protrusion is embedded in the notch. As a result, the floor assembly is simplified in structure and assembling process, thereby convenient in construction and stable in structure.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a floor assembly and moreparticularly, to a floor assembly which is convenient in constructionand stable in structure.

2. Description of the Related Art

Taiwan Patent No. M271046 disclosed a wooden floor assembly which iscomposed of a plurality of floorboards and a plurality of connectingretainers. Each floorboard has a first connecting portion and a secondconnecting portion. The adjacent floorboards are connected in a way thata plurality of connecting retainers are embedded in the secondconnecting portion of the floorboard by an end thereof and inserted inthe first connecting portion of the floorboard by the other end thereof,and the floorboards are screwed together by a plurality of screws. Afterconnecting the floorboards one by one in such manner, an indoor floorcan be accomplished. However, the construction of the aforesaid woodenfloor assembly needs wooden screws to connect the connecting retainerswith the floorboards, and still needs improvements.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,805,903 disclosed a locking mechanism for flooringboards, wherein a locking device is provided to replace the aforesaidwooden screws. However, in order that the locking device can besuccessfully engaged with floorboards, a relatively larger intervalshould be provided between the platform of the third protrudingextension of the locking device and a tongue of the floorboard. Suchconfiguration design makes the floorboard liable to be separated fromthe locking device. To overcome this problem, in the patent the secondprotruding extension of the locking device is formed with a tooth. Thetooth is embedded in the floorboard to prevent the floorboard from beingseparated from the locking device. However, in the patent the tooth isembedded in the floorboard in a destructive manner. Therefore, when thefloorboards and the locking device are disassembled, the tooth willcertainly cause the floorboard unrestorable damage, so that thefloorboard is hard to be reused.

Taiwan Patent No. 201504505 disclosed an outdoor mosaic floor whichincludes a plurality of plate bodies, a plurality of bases and at leastone fastener. The positioning portion of each base is slidably disposedin the chute of the plate body. The first sidewall surfaces of theadjacent bases are engaged with each other by fastening portionsthereof. The second sidewall surfaces of the adjacent bases are abuttedagainst each other by convex and concave portions thereof. At least onefastener is engaged with the second sidewall surfaces of the adjacentbases to improve the efficiency of assembling the outdoor mosaic floorand the structural stability of the outdoor mosaic floor, therebyimprove the safety of the people walking on the outdoor mosaic floor.However, in the manufacture of the aforesaid outdoor mosaic floor, notonly the bases but also the fasteners should be manufactured. The basesand the fasteners are made of plastic, so a large amount of plasticshould be used. In the condition that the price of plastic is higher andhigher, the manufacturing cost is certainly increased. Besides, in theassembling process of the outdoor mosaic floor, two bases have to beconnected by the fasteners. Therefore, the construction of the outdoormosaic floor has an extra step of installing the fasteners onto thebases, that needs further improvements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a floorassembly which is simplified in structure and assembling process,thereby convenient in construction.

To attain the above objective, the present invention provides a floorassembly which includes a plurality of boards and a plurality of bases.Each of the boards is provided on a bottom surface thereof with asliding groove. Each of the bases includes a main body, a positioningmember, a first buckling member and a second buckling member. The mainbody has a top surface, a bottom surface, a left side, a right side, afront surface and a rear surface. A transverse axis is defined to extendfrom the left side to the right side. A longitudinal axis is defined toextend from the front surface to the rear surface. The positioningmember is located on the top surface of the main body and slidablydisposed in the sliding groove of the board. The first buckling memberis located at the left side of the main body and provided with abuckling block and a notch located between the top surface and the leftside of the main body and concaved along the transverse axis. The secondbuckling member is located at the right side of the main body andprovided with an open accommodating space and a protrusion locatedbetween the top surface and the right side of the main body and extendedalong the transverse axis. The adjacent bases are connected with eachother in a way that the buckling block of the first buckling member isdisposed in the accommodating space of the second buckling member andthe protrusion of the second buckling member is embedded in the notch ofthe first buckling member. As a result, the floor assembly of thepresent invention has no such fastener as that used in the conventionalfloor assembly to be installed between two adjacent bases. Therefore,the constructor can assemble the floor assembly only by connecting thefirst buckling member of a base with the second buckling member ofanother base, so that the floor assembly is not only simplified instructure but also simplified in assembling process, thereby convenientin construction and stable in structure.

Preferably, the buckling block of the first buckling member has aplurality of first positioning teeth aligned along the longitudinalaxis; the second buckling member is provided inside the accommodatingspace thereof with a plurality of second positioning teeth, and thearrangement of the second positioning teeth and the arrangement of thefirst positioning teeth are staggered; the adjacent bases are engagedwith each other by the first positioning teeth and the secondpositioning teeth thereof.

Preferably, the notch of the first buckling member has a plurality offirst positioning teeth aligned along the longitudinal axis; theprotrusion of the second buckling member has a plurality of secondpositioning teeth adjacent to the accommodating space, and thearrangement of the second positioning teeth and the arrangement of thefirst positioning teeth are staggered.

Preferably, the bottom surface of the board is provided with apositioning groove; the top surface of the base is provided with apositioning rib corresponding in position to the positioning groove; thepositioning rib is disposed in the positioning groove.

Preferably, each of the bases has two said positioning members, and eachof the boards has two said sliding grooves; the positioning rib islocated between the positioning members, and the positioning groove islocated between the sliding grooves.

Preferably, the buckling block of the first buckling member is primarilycomposed of an outer wall, a bottom wall and an inner inclined walladjacent to the bottom surface of the main body; the accommodating spaceof the second buckling member is primarily formed by an inner walladjacent to the bottom surface of the main body, a bottom wall and anouter inclined wall.

Preferably, the buckling block of the first buckling member is providedon outsides of the outer wall, the bottom wall and the inner inclinedwall thereof with a plurality of first positioning teeth aligned alongthe longitudinal axis; the second buckling member is provided on insidesof the inner wall, the bottom wall and the outer inclined wall thereofwith a plurality of second positioning teeth, and the arrangement of thesecond positioning teeth and the arrangement of the first positioningteeth are staggered; the adjacent bases are engaged with each other bythe first positioning teeth and the second positioning teeth thereof.

Preferably, the buckling block is provided at a juncture of the bottomwall and the inner inclined wall thereof with a round corner.

Preferably, the sliding groove of the board is composed of a narrowpassage and a wide inner trough communicating with the narrow passage;the positioning member is composed of a vertical section and ahorizontal section; an end of the vertical section is connected to thetop surface of the main body; another end of the vertical section isconnected to the horizontal section; the vertical section and thehorizontal section of the positioning member are slidably disposed inthe narrow passage and the wide inner trough of the sliding groove ofthe board respectively.

Preferably, the base has a through hole penetrating through the topsurface of the base and the bottom surface of the base.

Besides, it is another objective of the present invention to provide abase of a floor assembly. The base includes a main body, a positioningmember, a first buckling member and a second buckling member. The mainbody has a top surface, a bottom surface, a left side, a right side, afront surface and a rear surface. A transverse axis is defined to extendfrom the left side to the right side. A longitudinal axis is defined toextend from the front surface to the rear surface. The positioningmember is located on the top surface of the main body. The firstbuckling member is located at the left side of the main body andprovided with a buckling block and a notch located between the topsurface and the left side of the main body and concaved along thetransverse axis. The second buckling member is located at the right sideof the main body and provided with an open accommodating space and aprotrusion located between the top surface and the right side of themain body and extended along the transverse axis. As a result, theconstructor can connect two adjacent bases by connecting the firstbuckling member and the second buckling member of the bases withoutusing such fastener as that used in the conventional floor assembly tobe installed between two adjacent bases. Therefore, the base issimplified in structure and capable of simplifying the assemblingprocess of the floor assembly, thereby improving the convenience inconstruction.

Preferably, the buckling block of the first buckling member has aplurality of first positioning teeth aligned along the longitudinalaxis; the second buckling member is provided inside the accommodatingspace thereof with a plurality of second positioning teeth, and thearrangement of the second positioning teeth and the arrangement of thefirst positioning teeth are staggered.

Preferably, the buckling block of the first buckling member is primarilycomposed of an outer wall, a bottom wall and an inner inclined walladjacent to the bottom surface of the main body; the accommodating spaceof the second buckling member is primarily formed by an inner walladjacent to the bottom surface of the main body, a bottom wall and anouter inclined wall.

Preferably, the buckling block is provided at a juncture of the bottomwall and the inner inclined wall thereof with a round corner.

Preferably, the bottom wall of the first buckling member has a throughhole, and the bottom wall of the second buckling member has a throughhole corresponding in position to the through hole of the bottom wall ofthe first buckling member.

Preferably, the positioning member is composed of a vertical section anda horizontal section; an end of the vertical section is connected to thetop surface of the main body; another end of the vertical section isconnected to the horizontal section.

Preferably, the top surface of the base is provided with a positioningrib.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a base of a floor assembly of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the base of the floor assembly of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a lateral view of the base of the floor assembly of thepresent invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the floor assembly of the presentinvention, primarily showing the condition that a base is to beconnected with another base and therefore inclined at an angle.

FIG. 5 is another sectional view of the floor assembly of the presentinvention, primarily showing the condition that a base is connected withanother base.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the floor assembly of the present invention,primarily showing the arrangement of the floor assembly.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIGS. 1-3 and 5, the floor assembly 10 of the presentinvention includes a plurality of boards 30 and a plurality of bases 50.Each of the boards 30 is provided on the bottom surface thereof with asliding groove 31. Each of the bases 50 includes a main body 51, apositioning member 53, a first buckling member 55 and a second bucklingmember 57. The main body 51 has a top surface 511, a bottom surface 512,a left side 513, a right side 514, a front surface 515 and a rearsurface 516. A transverse axis L1 is defined to extend from the leftside 513 to the right side 514, and a longitudinal axis L2 is defined toextend from the front surface 515 to the rear surface 516. Thepositioning member 53 is located on the top surface 511 of the main body51 and slidably disposed in the sliding groove 31 of the board 30. Thefirst buckling member 55 is located at the left side 513 of the mainbody and provided with a buckling block 551 and a notch 552 locatedbetween the top surface 511 and the left side 513 of the main body 51and concaved along the transverse axis L1. The second buckling member 57is located at the right side 514 of the main body 51 and provided withan open accommodating space 571 and a protrusion 572 located between thetop surface 511 and the right side 514 of the main body 51 and extendedalong the transverse axis L1. The adjacent bases 50 are connected witheach other in a way that the buckling block 551 of the first bucklingmember 55 is disposed in the accommodating space 571 of the secondbuckling member 57 and the protrusion 572 of the second buckling member57 is embedded in the notch 552 of the first buckling member 55.Besides, for preventing the board 30 located on the base 50 fromdisplacing along the longitudinal axis L2, the main body 51 of each base50 has a through hole 517 penetrating through the top surface 511 of themain body 51 and the bottom surface 512 of the main body 51, and thebase 50 is fastened to the board 30 by a screw 1 in a way that a screwsection 2 of the screw 1 is inserted through the through hole 517 and ahead section 3 of the screw 1 is abutted on the bottom surface 512 ofthe main body 51.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the aforesaid buckling block 551 of the firstbuckling member 55 has a plurality of first positioning teeth 553, thefirst buckling member 55 is also provided inside the notch 552 thereofwith a plurality of first positioning teeth 553, and the firstpositioning teeth 553 are aligned along the longitudinal axis L2. Theaforesaid second buckling member 57 is provided inside the accommodatingspace 571 thereof with a plurality of second positioning teeth 573, theprotrusion 572 of the second buckling member 57 also has a plurality ofsecond positioning teeth 573 adjacent to the accommodating space 571,and the arrangement of the second positioning teeth 573 and thearrangement of the first positioning teeth 553 are staggered. In thisway, every two adjacent boards 30 are connected by the bases 50 in a waythat the first positioning teeth 553 and the second positioning teeth573 are engaged with each other. Therefore, the floor assembly 10 of thepresent invention is effective in that two adjacent bases 50 areprevented from displacing relative to each other along the longitudinalaxis L2, thereby conveniently assembled by the constructor and capableof improving the safety of the people walking on the floor assembly 10.

Specifically speaking, the buckling block 551 of the first bucklingmember 55 is primarily composed of an outer wall 554, a bottom wall 555and an inner inclined wall 556. The bottom wall 555 of the firstbuckling member 55 has a through hole 557. The inner inclined wall 556is located adjacent to the bottom surface 512 of the main body 51. Theaccommodating space 571 of the second buckling member 57 is primarilyformed by an inner wall 574, a bottom wall 575 and an outer inclinedwall 576. The bottom wall 575 of the second buckling member 57 has athrough hole 577 corresponding in position to the through hole 557 ofthe bottom wall 555 of the first buckling member 55. The through holes557 and 577 of two adjacent bases 50 communicate with each other. Theinner wall 574 is located adjacent to the bottom surface 512 of the mainbody 51. The buckling block 551 of the first buckling member 55 isprovided on the outsides of the outer wall 554, the bottom wall 555 andthe inner inclined wall 556 thereof with a plurality of firstpositioning teeth 553 aligned along the longitudinal axis L2. The secondbuckling member 57 is provided on the insides of the inner wall 574, thebottom wall 575 and the outer inclined wall 576 thereof with a pluralityof second positioning teeth 573, and the arrangement of the secondpositioning teeth 573 and the arrangement of the first positioning teeth553 are staggered. The adjacent bases 50 are engaged with each other bythe first positioning teeth 553 and the second positioning teeth 573thereof. Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 4-6, the buckling block 551 isprovided at the juncture of the bottom wall 555 and the inner inclinedwall 556 thereof with a round corner 558. In this way, when theconstructor assembles the floor assembly by connecting two bases 50, theelevation angle of one of the bases 50 relative to the other base 50 canbe reduced, and therefore the interval between the boards 30 is alsoreduced. Besides, the round corner 558 is helpful to guide the bucklingblock 551 into the accommodating space 571.

In the preferred embodiment of the floor assembly of the presentinvention, each of the boards 30 is provided on the bottom surfacethereof with two sliding grooves 31. Each sliding groove 31 is composedof a narrow passage 311 and a wide inner trough 313. The narrow passage311 and the wide inner trough 313 communicate with each other to form anaccommodating room. Correspondingly, each of the bases 50 is provided onthe top surface 511 of the main body 51 thereof with two positioningmembers 53, and each positioning member 53 is composed of a verticalsection 531 and a horizontal section 533. An end of the vertical section531 is connected to the top surface 511 of the main body 51. The otherend of the vertical section 531 is connected to the horizontal section533. The constructor can limit each board 30 not to displace relative toeach base 50 along the transverse axis L1 by slidably disposing thevertical section 531 and the horizontal section 533 of each positioningmember 53 in the narrow passage 311 and the wide inner trough 313 of thesliding groove 31 of each board 30 respectively. On the other hand,people not only walk straight but also make turns, and the torque ofmaking turns will cause deviation to the boards 30. To overcome thisdeviation problem more effectively, the bottom surface of each board 30in the present invention is further provided with a positioning groove,the top surface 511 of the main body 51 of each base 50 is provided witha positioning rib 518 corresponding in position to the positioninggroove, and the positioning rib 518 is disposed in the positioninggroove. As shown in FIG. 3, the positioning rib 518 is located betweenthe two positioning members 53. Likewise, the positioning groove islocated between the two sliding grooves 31. As a result, not only theconnection between the positioning members 53 and the sliding grooves 31can reduce the aforesaid deviation of the boards 30, the embeddingrelation between the positioning ribs 518 and the positioning grooves 33is more effective in preventing the boards 30 from deviating on thebases 50.

It should be mentioned that as shown in FIG. 6, the floor assembly 10 ofthe present invention is usually configured in a way that a long board30 is disposed on six bases 50 and a short board is disposed on threebases 50. In the practical process that the constructor assembles thefloor assembly 10, the first line is composed of the long boards 30, andthen the second line connected to one side of the first line is composedin a way that the first board 30 is the short board and the other boardsare the long boards 30. Then, the third line is the same with the firstline, composed of the long boards 30. The fourth line is the same withthe second line. By laterally extending the floor assembly in suchmanner, the assembling process of the floor assembly will beaccomplished. Through the above-mentioned arrangement, the long boards30 and the short boards 30 can be limited not to displace or deviatealong the transverse axis by the embedding relation between the bases50. As a result, the floor assembly of the present invention has no suchfastener as that used in the conventional floor assembly to be installedbetween two adjacent bases. Therefore, the constructor can assemble thefloor assembly only by connecting the first buckling member of a basewith the second buckling member of another base, so that the floorassembly is not only simplified in structure but also simplified inassembling process, thereby convenient in construction and stable instructure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A floor assembly comprising; a plurality ofboards, each of the boards being provided on a bottom surface thereofwith a sliding groove; and a plurality of bases, each of the basescomprising a main body, a positioning member, a first buckling memberand a second buckling member, which are formed integrally, the main bodyhaving a top surface, a bottom surface, a left side, a right side, afront surface and a rear surface, a transverse axis being defined toextend from the left side to the right side, a longitudinal axis beingdefined to extend from the front surface to the rear surface, thepositioning member being located on the top surface of the main body andslidably disposed in the sliding groove of the board, the first bucklingmember being located at the left side of the main body and provided witha buckling block and a notch located between the top surface and theleft side of the main body and concaved along the transverse axis, thesecond buckling member being located at the right side of the main bodyand provided with an open accommodating space and a protrusion locatedbetween the top surface and the right side of the main body and extendedalong the transverse axis, the adjacent bases are connected with eachother in a way that the buckling block of the first buckling member isdisposed in the accommodating space of the second buckling member andthe protrusion of the second buckling member is embedded in the notch ofthe first buckling member.
 2. The floor assembly as claimed in claim 1,wherein the buckling block of the first buckling member has a pluralityof first positioning teeth aligned along the longitudinal axis; thesecond buckling member is provided inside the accommodating spacethereof with a plurality of second positioning teeth; an arrangement ofthe second positioning teeth and an arrangement of the first positioningteeth are staggered; the adjacent bases are engaged with each other bythe first positioning teeth and the second positioning teeth thereof. 3.The floor assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the notch of the firstbuckling member has a plurality of first positioning teeth aligned alongthe longitudinal axis; the protrusion of the second buckling member hasa plurality of second positioning teeth adjacent to the accommodatingspace; an arrangement of the second positioning teeth and an arrangementof the first positioning teeth are staggered.
 4. The floor assembly asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the board is providedwith a positioning groove; the top surface of the base is provided witha positioning rib corresponding in position to the positioning groove;the positioning rib is disposed in the positioning groove.
 5. The floorassembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buckling block of the firstbuckling member comprises an outer wall, a bottom wall and an innerinclined wall adjacent to the bottom surface of the main body; theaccommodating space of the second buckling member is formed by an innerwall adjacent to the bottom surface of the main body, a bottom wall andan outer inclined wall.
 6. The floor assembly as claimed in claim 5,wherein the buckling block of the first buckling member is provided onoutsides of the outer wall, the bottom wall and the inner inclined wallthereof with a plurality of first positioning teeth aligned along thelongitudinal axis; the second buckling member is provided on insides ofthe inner wall, the bottom wall and the outer inclined wall thereof witha plurality of second positioning teeth; an arrangement of the secondpositioning teeth and an arrangement of the first positioning teeth arestaggered; the adjacent bases are engaged with each other by the firstpositioning teeth and the second positioning teeth thereof.
 7. The floorassembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the buckling block is providedat a juncture of the bottom wall and the inner inclined wall thereofwith a round corner.
 8. The floor assembly as claimed in claim 5,wherein the bottom wall of the first buckling member has a through hole,and the bottom wall of the second buckling member has a through holecorresponding in position to the through hole of the bottom wall of thefirst buckling member.
 9. The floor assembly as claimed in claim 1,wherein the sliding groove of the board comprises a narrow passage and awide inner trough communicating with the narrow passage; the positioningmember comprises a vertical section and a horizontal section; an end ofthe vertical section is connected to the top surface of the main body;another end of the vertical section is connected to the horizontalsection; the vertical section and the horizontal section of thepositioning member are slidably disposed in the narrow passage and thewide inner trough of the sliding groove of the board respectively. 10.The floor assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base has a throughhole penetrating through the top surface of the base and the bottomsurface of the base.